Organization

Many organizations in the Bay Area are  working to protect and restore tidal wetlands, which provide critical flood risk reduction, recreation, water quality improvement, and wildlife habitat. Yet there is still much to learn about how best to manage and restore these vital ecosystems. The WRMP improves the success of tidal wetland restoration by making monitoring more cost effective and producing data and analyses that meet wetland decision-makers’ needs.

The WRMP uses practical, collaboratively developed questions to guide wetland monitoring. These questions support informed, science-based decisions to promote healthier wetlands and a more resilient Estuary. To answer these questions, the WRMP established a Monitoring Site Network, which includes three wetland types— mature (Benchmark), evolving (Reference), and newly restored (Project) sites — to understand changes following restoration and guide better restoration practices. 

The WRMP has an open data sharing policy to ensure Bay Area residents, nonprofit organizations, academic institutes, Tribes, regulatory agencies and local governments can access scientific data to respond and adapt to environmental hazards and recurrent coastal flooding. (website)